Clothes-line holder.



l r'. 0.1mm. CLOTHES LINE HhOLDEB. APPLICATION FILED IAB. 18, 1909.

945,579.' Patented Jan. 4,1910.

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CLOTHES-LINE noLDER.

v Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led Hatch 18, 1909. Serial No. 484,152.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

By means of this handle, the cam, may

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Be it known that I, FRANK O. Nrromza be very easily turned to free the line. The citizen of vthe United States, residing" at handle may also be used whenever necessary Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga. and to cause' the cam to obtain a firmer grip than 5 State of Ohio, have invented a certain new normally. I 55 -and useful Improvement in Clothes Line The-main stud-a and the base plate a are Holders, of which the following yis a full, referablymade of' one4 integral casting. clear, and exact description, reference being he pins'e2 and aalare 'also preferably intehad to the accompanylng drawings. gral with the stud-and base plate. This The object of 4this invention is to provid member may conveniently: bea 'malleable 60 a very simple and eiiicient device for attachcastin so that the pi'ns Iay be upset over ment to posts, buildings, etc., -to hold a the ro ler and cam, as shown in the drawing, clothes-line. i -or the roller and cam could be put in the My holder allows the line to be instantly mold, and the pins cast through them. put in place and clamped, and moreover, to It will be seen that my complete device 65 be drawn up as the weight on the line consists of but four. pieces; the support, the causes it to sag, -roller, the cam, and they spring. It may ac The invention comprises the means to the cordingly be very cheaply constructed. above end as hereinafter more fully ex- There 1s nothing about it to get out of -:orplained and as definitely summarized 'in' the der, and it is very durable. Moreover, its A'70 claims. method of application is apparent at a In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective glance, which 1s an important feature in" vlew of my holder completetFig. 2 is a longiview of the use of the clamp. The line may tudmal section of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan. extend vfrom the clamp in any direction, so j Referring to the parts by reference letters, thatno skill lis required in originallylocat- 75 A represents a suitable bracket whichl is ing the clamps. They are simply ut on a formed with a fiat late a and a stud a ropost or on the side or corner of a bui ding, as .ject1ng 'from the ce thereof. The p ate may be most convenient. Moreover, the 1s provided with holes in the four corners, by projecting stud forms a support for the which it may be secured to a post, building, clothes-line. It is only necessary to tn rn 80 etc., by suitable screws, as indicated by B. back the cam, throw the line over the sup- Projecting from the stud a are a pair of port between' the cam and roller, and lthen P1115 a2, a3. On the in a2 is mounted aallow the .spring to force the cam into en- `roller or sheave C, an on the pin a3 is pivgagement, the earn being tightened, if nec'- oted a cam D adapted to coperatewith the essary, by the handle, as well as turned back- 85 roller'. The cam and roller have grooved ward when desired to free the line. edges andbear such relation to each other Having thus described my invention, whatl that they are adapted to effectively clamp I claim is: between them a clothesfline, indicated by G. 1. .The combination with av base plate 40 To cause the clamping to be automatic, I adapted to be attached to a ermanent struc- 90 prefer to provide a spring tending to force ture, of an arm integrally ormed upon the I the cam from either direction toward -its plate, a roller havlng a g'rooved surface 4'midpositiom This spring -is shown asv a mounted upon the arm, aeam member also 'coiled spring F, hooking at its ends into eyes mounted upon the arm, the cam surface `ot' 'a4 and d, carried by thecbase plate'andcam said member being also grooved, said mem- 95 respectively. Y ber being provided with a projection at one To effect the unclalnping,l I provide .the end and a spring secured to said projection cam D with a handled (preferablyv integral and to theba'se plate. therewith) which rises from the upper sur 2. The combination of a base plate, an arm projecting therefrom and havlng a palr of 100 face of the cam and projects -over the rollen studs projecting from one side of the arm, a In testmon whereof, I hereunto x my grooved rollerjournaled on one;1 of said stud, signature in t e presence 0f two wiimesses. a grooved cam journaled on t e other stu Y and adapted to coperate with the roller, O 5 an operating arm projecting from said cam, Wltnesses;

and a spring operating on the cam and tend- ALBERT H. Bums, ed to force it into coperation with the roller. l BRENNAN B. WEST. 

